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- From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
- Subject: Re: *** WHAT'S THE BEST COMM PROTOCOL ***
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.153848.29167@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 15:38:48 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.181829.4391@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <1992Dec21.195526.29197@uwasa.fi>
- Organization: San Jose State University - Math/CS Dept.
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- ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec21.181829.4391@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> dml7@navaho.cc.bellcore.com (lee,danny) writes:
- >>i'm having trouble deciding which communications protocol package to
- >>use on my pc. i was using kermit and still using it. however,
- >>someone mentioned to me that zmodem was much better and faster.
-
- >The answer is rather unambiguously zmodem. If one speaks of the
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- I think the answer is quite ambiguous. Zmodem is definitely faster and
- has better error recovery, but kermit, xmodem, and ymodem are more
- ubiquitous at this time. I find that some sites will allow zmodem, but
- it is a rare site indeed that does not have kermit.
-
- >different telecommunications packages, there are many of them in
- >use, and the opinnions can be quite divided. But as for file
- >transfers zmodem seems to dominate in actual usage. I am not being
- >partisan, but rather observing the current practice.
-
- >If one goes down to details, all transfer protocols have their
- >proponents, and if you can lay your hands on kermit with long
- >packages, it is fair, too. But it has one drawback which I don't
- >like at all. That is that it does not preserve the file's date
- >stamp in the transfer.
-
- >Followups directed to comp.archives.msdos.d only which is replacing
- >comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives.
-
- > All the best, Timo
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- >..................................................................
- >Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
- >Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
- >Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
- >Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun ; SF-65101, Finland
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